Xbox News, Reviews & Previews

Posted 7 hours ago

10 reasons to get excited about XCOM: Enemy Unknown

While 2K Marin are transforming XCOM into a tactical FPS, Firaxis have gone back to the series' isometric strategy roots with Enemy Unknown. Here are ten reasons why it's the comeback we've been dreaming of since 1994. Read more… 2

Posted 1 day ago

'Games can't save the world, but they can slow its demise'

Consoles are power-sucking energy hogs leeching the life force from the very planet upon which we make our home, and every generation demands more power than the last. The slim versions of the PS3 and 360 use less power than the heavyweight originals, but just wait until the next generation comes and your 720 needs to be powered by an artificial black hole. Read more… 28

Posted 1 day ago

Wreck-It Ralph: Meet the creators behind Disney's love letter to games

Having shown us the secret lives of toys, bugs, and self-aware robot vacuum cleaners, it was inevitable that someone would make an animated movie about what videogames. That it would centre on a disgruntled bad guy who's grown tired of being the bad guy is, however, a wrinkle we didn't see coming. We quizzed Wreck-It Ralph director Rich Moore, Art Director Mike Gabriel and co-writer Jennifer Lee talk about their inspirations... Read more… 7

Posted 1 day ago

Star Wars 1313: Visually incredible - but how does it stack up as a game?

Two bounty hunters haul a cargo crate towards a lift on the surface of Coruscant - the Projects in Star Wars 1313. There's not a lightsaber to be seen yet. As they descend further into criminal territory, the more grizzled of the two starts to goad the player character and question if he isn't too green for the criminal hotbed that awaits them. Read more… 16

Posted 2 days ago

CVG Classics: 'Nintendo poised to enter 32-bit war!'

It's that time of the week... when we run home and play FIFA until we fall asleep to the sound of a disgruntled Xbox Live opponent wondering why we won't kick off the second half. Read more… 17

Posted 2 days ago

New sword swinging Metal Gear Rising gameplay video

Four minutes of Raiden slicing and dicing everything in sight

Posted 2 days ago

WWE 13: New features, hugely improved tech - is the series back?

WWE 13's big news is that it has buried the traditional Road to WrestleMania career faster than Triple H pedigreeing a mid-carder and replaced it with an Attitude Era-centric experience. Eight superstars (including Stone Cold, The Rock and Bret Hart) share the spotlight in a series of chronological episodes, with WWE-created promos painting the picture of the Monday Night Wars between WWE and then-rival WCW. Read more… 5

Posted 2 days ago

Grid 2 gameplay video flirts with next-gen

Codemasters' next blockbuster is a graphical showpiece 16

Posted 2 days ago

DMC: New gameplay video flaunts cinematic flair

Ninja Theory footage revealed at the Eurogamer Expo 1

Posted 2 days ago

Halo 4 gameplay video: Play as the flood

New multiplayer footage revealed at the Eurogamer Expo 4

Posted 2 days ago

Far Cry 3 interview: 'Eventually you'll become a master of the island'

Ubisoft's blockbuster FPS project is drawing to the end of a painfully complex two-year production. After spending much time debating the direction for the series, the final decision was to approach an open-world play structure with branching skill trees and other various RPG-stlye elements. Read more… 8

Posted 3 days ago

Metal Gear Rising Collector's Edition to include a lamp

That's right. Plus ZOE HD Collector's Edition detailed 5

Posted 3 days ago

DayZ creator philosophical on issue of War Z clone

"Should I sue anyone who ever mentions something to do with zombie horror?" 7

Posted 3 days ago

Fans 'wanted sexualised characters' in Dead or Alive 5, claims director

"There's nothing wrong with having beautiful characters" 36

Posted 3 days ago

NBA Live 13 cancelled by EA

"Making great games is not easy, and we're just not there yet on NBA Live", says publisher 10

Posted 3 days ago

FIFA 13 hits 353k day-one sales in US - EA

Beats FIFA 12 by 42 per cent, breaks iOS records for EA 2

Posted 3 days ago

Assassin's Creed 3: Latest trailer shows Boston Tea Party

Ubisoft's media onslaught continues... 3

Posted 3 days ago

Metal Gear Online to be developed at Kojima Productions LA

Online mode not officially confirmed for Ground Zeroes, however 9

Posted 3 days ago

MGS: Ground Zeroes will feature base building and smartphone support

Peace Walker feature being incorporated into new entry 7

Posted 3 days ago

New Hitman: Absolution screens are NSFW

Guns, girls and greenery in latest shots 18

Posted 3 days ago

Starbreeze reveals Brothers - A Tale of Two Sons

XBLA release pegged for 2013 3

Posted 3 days ago

Dishonored 'The Tales from Dunwall' episode 3: The Mind of Madness

Watch the concluding chapter of the animated prequel series

Posted 3 days ago

The most insane moments in gaming

They're what we play games for: those sublime moments of glorious weirdness that leave you wondering what the hell just happened. The glory of games, of course, is that they can throw out sequences which are much more surreal than any movie would contemplate. Here then are the ten moments of gaming insanity which have stuck with us over the years. As ever, we invite you to chip in with the ones that made an indelible impression on you, too. Let fly or gibber in the comments below. Read more… 7

Posted 3 days ago

Call of Duty Elite gets redesign in the lead up to Black Ops 2

Stat tracking website gets rejiggered 8